Iran’s Dangerous Dream of a Triple Alliance with Russia and China
And its connection to the recent outbreak of Palestinian terror.
August 16, 2022
Understanding the Political, Historical, and Spiritual Roots of the U.S.-Israel Relationship
As it happens, the Jews don’t control American foreign policy.
Traveling to various countries to speak about foreign policy during the George W. Bush administration, Walter Russell Mead encountered a single, widely held idea: that Jewish influence was the best way to explain U.S. conduct abroad. Yet both polling data and Mead’s own casual observations revealed that American Jews overwhelmingly disliked President Bush, making it highly unlikely he was doing their bidding. Then, when Barack Obama became president, Mead’s foreign interlocutors expressed their disappointment that Obama had not created more “daylight” between the U.S. and Israel—and concluded that “the Jews” must be holding him back. This assertion too failed to hold up to even mild scrutiny. Mead thus set out to discover the real reasons for the enduring American alliance with the Jewish state, resulting in his recent book The Arc of a Covenant, which he discusses with Michael Doran. (Audio, 66 minutes)
August 16, 2022
Understanding the Political, Historical, and Spiritual Roots of the U.S.-Israel Relationship
As it happens, the Jews don’t control American foreign policy.
Saudi Arabia Is Moving toward Peace with Israel, but Taking Its Time
“Creeping normalization.”
If Feminists Fear Religion, They Should Fear Its Decline Even More
Modern feminism is not an enemy of Christianity; it is its descendent.
A Cheater’s Die Found in the Temple Mount Soil
An explanation for talmudic attitudes toward craps players?